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dc.contributor.authorBertocchi, Graziellaen
dc.contributor.authorDimico, Arcangeloen
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-01-
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-14T11:04:11Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-14T11:04:11Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/62368-
dc.description.abstractWe evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. We apply a variety of estimation techniques to a previously unexploited dataset on voter registration by race covering the counties of Mississippi in 1896, shortly after the introduction of the 1890 voting restrictions encoded in the state constitution. Our results indicate that de jure voting restrictions reduce black registration but that black disfranchisement starts well before 1890 and is more intense where a black majority represents a threat to the de facto power of white elites. Moreover, the effect of race becomes stronger after 1890 suggesting that the de jure barriers may have served the purpose of institutionalizing a de facto condition of disfranchisement.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x6741en
dc.subject.jelJ15en
dc.subject.jelN41en
dc.subject.jelO43en
dc.subject.jelP16en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordraceen
dc.subject.keywordvotingen
dc.subject.keywordinstitutionsen
dc.subject.keywordeducationen
dc.subject.keywordinequalityen
dc.subject.stwWahlrechten
dc.subject.stwEthnische Diskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwSchwarzeen
dc.subject.stwMachten
dc.subject.stwMississippi (Staat)en
dc.titleDe jure and de facto determinants of power: Evidence from Mississippi-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn720522722en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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